Deuteronomy 5:9
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9 You shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
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Exodus 20:4-6
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4 (A)“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. 5 (B)You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I the Lord your God am (C)a jealous God, (D)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, 6 but showing steadfast love to thousands[a] of those who love me and keep my commandments.
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- Exodus 20:6 Or to the thousandth generation
Exodus 34:7
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7 (A)keeping steadfast love for thousands,[a] (B)forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but (C)who will by no means clear the guilty, (D)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation.”
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- Exodus 34:7 Or to the thousandth generation
Daniel 9:4-9
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4 I prayed to the Lord my God and (A)made confession, saying, (B)“O Lord, the (C)great and awesome God, who (D)keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, 5 (E)we have sinned and done wrong and acted wickedly (F)and rebelled, turning aside from your commandments and rules. 6 (G)We have not listened to (H)your servants the prophets, who spoke in your name to (I)our kings, our princes, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land. 7 To you, (J)O Lord, belongs righteousness, but to us open shame, as at this day, to the men of Judah, to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, (K)those who are near and (L)those who are far away, in (M)all the lands to which you have driven them, because of (N)the treachery that they have committed against you. 8 To us, O Lord, belongs open shame, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because (O)we have sinned against you. 9 (P)To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against him
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Numbers 14:18
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18 (A)‘The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, (B)visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.’
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Exodus 34:14
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14 (for (A)you shall worship no other god, for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God),
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Matthew 23:35-36
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35 so that on you may come all (A)the righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous (B)Abel to the blood of (C)Zechariah the son of Barachiah,[a] whom you murdered between (D)the sanctuary and (E)the altar. 36 Truly, I say to you, (F)all these things will come upon this generation.
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- Matthew 23:35 Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah
Romans 11:28-29
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28 As regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But as regards election, they are (A)beloved for the sake of their forefathers. 29 For the gifts and (B)the calling of God are irrevocable.
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